Summer is here - and you've been going wild about these wildflowers.

Readers out and about in the sunshine have been discovering bluebells and sending us their photographs of the gorgeous flower.

If you'd like to see them for yourself, here's a guide to where you can find them in and around west Dorset:

1) Allington Hill: Run by the Woodland Trust, the hill is a mixture of woodland, grassland and open space in the dramatic landscape of West Dorset, with stunning walks and views across Bridport at the top of the hill.

2) Hibbitts Wood nature reserve: This is actually two areas of ancient woodland and a small, flower-rich meadow next to the hamlet of Adam's Green near Halstock. The area was donated to the Dorset Wildlife Trust in 2008. As well as bluebells, visitors can spot early purple and bird's-nest orchids, Goldilocks buttercup, wild daffodil, common spotted orchid, cowslips and the rare adder's tongue fern.

3) Powerstock Common nature reserve: Like Hibbitts Wood, this is tucked away in west Dorset and run by the Dorset Wildlife Trust. It consists of wet and dry grassland, scrub, woodland and small copses. As well as wildflowers, lucky visitors might catch a glimpse of the rare marsh fritillary butterfly.

4) Lewesdon Hill: A bracing walk from Beaminster, this is the highest point in Dorset, at 279m. This ancient hill fort is covered in woodland, which offers views across Devon, Somerset and the stunning Jurassic Coast, as well as being thickly carpeted by bluebells in the spring.

5) Thorncombe Woods: This 26-hectare woodland and heath site is packed with history, from the Roman road that runs through it to Thomas Hardy's cottage at Higher Bockhampton. The site is listed on the Ancient Woodland Inventory and is a haven for wildlife and the herd of Dartmoor ponies that lives at neighbouring Black Heath.

A quarter of the National Trust's woodland is ancient or semi-natural; the ideal habitats for bluebells. It is against the law to intentionally pick, uproot or destroy the flower and they can take years to recover after footfall damage; if a bluebell’s leaves are crushed, they die back from lack of food as the leaves cannot photosynthesise.

If you plant bluebells, you should make sure it's the English bluebell, not the Spanish version. This is a more vigorous plant and could out-compete our native flower.